Jian-Xin Xu

Professional Working Experience

• Research Engineer, Hitachi Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., Japan 1989-1990
• Visiting Scholar, Department of Electrical Engineering, Ohio State University, USA, 1990-1991
• Visiting Reserch Fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University, USA, 2003

Professional Activities

• Technical Committee on Variable Structure Systems, IEEE Control Systems Society
• Technical Committee on Smart Grid, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
• Technical Committee on Intelligent Systems, IEEE Control Systems Society

Research Interest

AREAS OF CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

• Learning System Control Theory
• System Biology and Bio-engineering
• Robotics

Research Projects

• I have completed 24 funded research projects.

Selected Publications

BOOKs

1. S.P. Yang, J.-X. Xu, and X.F. Li, , John Wiley & Sons, Oxford, UK, 2016 (in press).
2. K. Abidi and J.-X. Xu, , In Series of Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 23, Series Editor Janusz Kacprzyk, Springer Verlag, ISBN 978-981-287-477-1, 2015, Singapore.
3. J.-X. Xu, S.K. Panda and T.H. Lee, , In Series of Advanced Industrial Control, Series Editors M.J. Grimble, M.A. Johnson, Springer Verlag, 2009, London, ISBN 978-1-84882-174-3.
4. J.-X. Xu and Y Tan, , In Series of Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences 291, Series Editors M. Thoma, Springer Verlag, 2003, Germany, ISBN 3-540-40173-3
5. X. Yu and J.-X. Xu, (Editors), , Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences 274, Springer Verlag, 2002, Germany, ISBN 3-540-42965-4.
6. X. Yu and J.-X. Xu, (Editors), , Proceedings of 6th International Workshop on Variable Structure Systems, World Scientific, November 2000, Singapore, ISBN 981-02-4464-9 (Hardcover).
7. Z. Bien and J.-X. Xu, (Editors) , Kluwer Academic Press, 1998, Boston, USA, ISBN 0-7923-8213-7 (Hardcover).

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

• 10 Selected Papers in Learning System Control Theory -

1. D. Shen, and J.-X. Xu, "A novel Markov chain based ILC analysis for linear stochastic systems under general data dropouts environments," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol., no., pp., 2017. (accepted).
2. S.P. Yang, X.F. Li, and J.-X. Xu, "Iterative learning control with input sharing for multi-agent consensus tracking," Systems & Control Letters, Vol.94, no.8, pp.97-106, 2016.
3. Q. Zhu, J.-X. Xu, D.Q. Huang, and G.D. Hu, "Iterative learning control design for linear discrete-time systems with multiple high-order internal models," Automatica, Vol.62, no.12, pp.65-76, 2015.
4. D.Q. Huang, J.-X. Xu, X.F. Fang, W. He and C. Xu, "Iterative learning control of inhomogeneous distributed parameter systems – frequency domain design and analysis," Systems & Control Letters, Vol.72, no.10, pp.22-29, 2014.
5. X.F. Li, J.-X. Xu, and DQ Huang, "An iterative learning control approach for linear systems with randomly varying trial lengths," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 59, no.7, pp.1954-1960, 2014.
6. D.Q. Huang, X.F. Li, J.-X. Xu, C. Xu, and M. Yu, "D-type anticipatory iterative learning control for a class of inhomogeneous heat equations," Automatica, Vol.49, no.8, pp.2397-2408, 2013.
7. X. Jin, and J.-X. Xu, "Iterative learning control for output-constrained systems with both parametric and non-parametric uncertainties," Automatica, Vol.49, no.8, pp.2508-2516, 2103.
8. J.-X. Xu, and X. Jin, "State-constrained iterative learning control for a class of MIMO systems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 58, pp. 1322-1327, 2013.
9. J.-X. Xu, "A survey on iterative learning control for nonlinear systems," International Journal of Control, Vol.84, no.7, pp.1275-1294, 2011.
10. J.-X. Xu and W. Wang, "A General internal model approach for motion learning", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B, Vol.38, no.2, pp.477-487, 2008.

• 10 Selected Papers in System Biology and Bio-engineering -

1. D.H. He, and J.X. Xu, "A mathematical model of pancreatic cancer with two kinds of treatments," Journal of Biological Systems, Vol.24, 2016, in press.
2. X.F. Li and J.-X. Xu, "A mathematical prognosis model for pancreatic cancer patients receiving immunotherapy," Journal of Theoretical Biology, Vol.406, 42-51, 2016.
3. X.F. Li and J.-X. Xu, "A mathematical model of immune response to tumor invasion incorporated with danger model," Journal of Biological Systems, Vol.23, no.3, pp.505-526, 2015.
4. A. Bamdadian, CT Guan, KK Ang, and J.-X. Xu, "The predictive role of pre-cue EEG rhythms on MI-based BCI classification performance," Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Vol.235, Sept, pp.138-44, 2014.
5. X. Deng and J.-X. Xu, "A 3D undulatory locomotion system inspired by Nematode C. elegans," Journal of Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering, Vol.24, no.1, pp.529-537, 2014.
6. X. Deng and J.-X. Xu, "A 3D undulatory locomotion model inspired by C. elegans through DNN approach," Neurocomputing, Vol.131, pp.248-264, Jan. 2014.
7. S.R. Liyanage, C.T. Guan, K.K. Ang, H.H. Zhang, J.-X. Xu, and T.H. Lee, "Dynamically weighted ensemble classification for non-stationary EEG processing," Journal of Neural Engineering, Vol.10, no.3, pp.036007, 2013.
8. J.-X. Xu, and X. Deng, "Biological modeling of complex chemotaxis behaviors for C. elegans under speed regulation – a dynamic neural networks approach," Journal of Computational Neuroscience, Vol.35, no.1, pp.19-37, 2013.
9. H. Ju, J.-X. Xu, E. Chong, and A.M.J. VanDogen, "Effects of synaptic connectivity on liquid state machine performance," Neural Networks, Vol.38, pp. 39-51, 2013.
10. J.-X. Xu, W. Wang, B.P. Pereira and S.Y. Chong, "A rectification algorithm for the estimation of instantaneous helical axes," Journal of Biomechanics, Vol.39, no. S1 (Supplementary on Abstracts of the 5th World Congress of Biomechanics), S81 0, 6785, United Kingdom, 2006.

• 10 Selected Papers in Robotics -

1. S. Verma and J.-X. Xu, "Data assisted modelling and speed control of a robotic fish," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol.64, no., pp., 2016. (accepted)
2. X.F. Li, Q.Y. Ren, and J.-X. Xu, "Precise speed tracking control of a robotic fish via iterative learning control," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol.63, no.4, pp.2221-2228, 2016.
3. X. Jin, and J.-X. Xu, "A barrier composite energy function approach for robot manipulators under alignment condition with position constraints," International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Vol.27, no.17, pp.2840-2851, Nov., 2014.
4. X.-L. Niu and J.-X. Xu, "Modelling, control and locomotion planning of an anguilliform robotic fish," Unmanned Systems, Vol.2, no.4, pp.295- 321, 2014.
5. X.-L. Niu, J.-X. Xu, and Q.Y. Ren, "Locomotion learning for an anguilliform robotic fish using central pattern generator approach," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol.61, no.9, pp.4780-4787, 2013.
6. J.-X. Xu, Z.Q. Guo, and T.H. Lee, "Design and implementation of integral sliding mode control on an underactuated two-wheeled mobile robot," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol.61, no.7, pp.3671-3681, 2013.
7. Q.Y. Ren, J.X. Xu, and X.L Niu, "A GIM-based biomimetic learning approach for motion generation of a multi-joint robotic fish," Journal of Bionic Engineering, Vol.10, no.4, pp.423-433, Oct., 2013.
8. Z.Q. Guo, J.-X. Xu, and T.H. Lee, "Design and implementation of a Takagi-Sugeno type fuzzy logic controller on a two-wheeled mobile robot," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 60, pp. 5717-5728, 2013.
9. J.-X. Xu, and Y.G. Sun. "Modelling human falling process based on a five-link bipedal robot," International Journal of Intelligent Control and Systems, Vol.40, no.1, pp.40-48, 2012.
10. J.-X. Xu, W. Wang and Y.G. Sun, "Two optimization algorithm for solving robotics inverse kinematics with redundancy," Journal of Control Theory and Applications, Vol.8, No.2, pp.166–175, 2010.